Two years!

Baghdad...
madeenato assalami o al 7ob, madeenato il 3ilm o il 2adab, ma 3adat kathalik.
Baghdad, 7aytho yafkharo il jamee3, o yabsimo il jamee3, lam ta3od mawjooda!
i7tilalon qabee7, 6awabeeron min il3a6ileen 3an il3amal, shi77aton fi innaf6 o il banzeen, inqi6a3o il kahraba2 o itti9al il mawt, is all what baghdad is about today.
la yazalo 9awto il kha6eebi yarinno fee 2othoni, fee 9alat il jom3a qabl sanatain, 2athna2 il 7arb, kan il imam, aboo noor, yad3o 9a2i7an bi9awtin mab7oo7, 2allahomma 2inna nastawdi3oka dijlata o ilforat....
2allahomma ina nasawdi3oka innisa2a o il2a6fala o il shoyookh...
2alahomma inna nastawdi3oka.......
wa tarinno il 2a9da2...
o bakayna rijalan o shababan, salat domoo3ona, o na7no nowaddi3 baghdad, o jalat fee ro2oosina la7a`6ato assalam o a6yafon min il thikrayat, kannaman 3alimna jamee3an, 2an hatha 2akhiro 3ahdina bi baghdad allati na3rifhoha, ka2annana 3alimna jamee3an, 2annaho qad 7alla addamar.
sanatan!
2aaaahin 2aaaah....
7een taseer fishari3, takhafo 2an yaqtolaka allo9oo9 2aw il 2amreekan, bidafi3 il kha6a2 2aw ishshak 2aw li2annak la tabdo wadoodan kifaya, 2aw li2alf 7ojjatin 2okhra, o 7een aseero fi66areeq, tajri fee 3aqli il kalimat:
maw6ini... maw6ini... ashshababo lan yakilla hammoho 2an tastaqilla 2aw yabeeeed, 2aw yabeed, nastaqi min arrada wa lan nakoon lil3ida kal3abeed..
la noreed, la noreed, thollana ilmo2abbada o 3ayshana ilmonakkada...
la noreed...bal no3eed...majdaka attaleed majdaka attaleed..
maw6ini...
maw6ini....
fa tadma3o 3aynay.
khalid*(